Nicholas vs Rob
USA · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Mitzel
USA · Open Men · 4 results Rob Shirley
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Boston 2026, Open Men · Rob: Boston 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Rob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Lunges (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).Rob: strongest on Push (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 31%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Rob: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 52% | 48% |
| Push | 57% | 89% |
| Pull | 38% | 62% |
| BBJ | 28% | 40% |
| Row | 45% | 84% |
| Carry | 28% | 56% |
| Lunges | 59% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 84% |
| Roxzone | 46% | 77% |
| Runs | 33% | 31% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Rob |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 52% | 48% |
| Sled push | 57% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 38% | 62% |
| Burpee broad jump | 28% | 40% |
| Row | 45% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 28% | 56% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 84% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 46% | 77% |
| Runs (8 km) | 33% | 31% |
The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.
Those races as one bar each
This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Nicholas · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 47:59 running, 41:59 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:03).Below, Rob · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 47:19 running, 35:18 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:02).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Boston 2026 · Open Men | Rob · Boston 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:37 | 7:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 5:40 | 5:42 |
| Sled push | 3:33 | 2:04 |
| Run 3 | 6:02 | 5:42 |
| Sled pull | 5:38 | 4:55 |
| Run 4 | 6:28 | 5:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:15 | 6:02 |
| Run 5 | 5:52 | 5:50 |
| Row | 5:02 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 6:05 | 5:42 |
| Farmers carry | 2:35 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 6:10 | 5:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:16 | 5:17 |
| Run 8 | 7:05 | 5:55 |
| Wall balls | 8:03 | 5:49 |
| Roxzone | 7:40 | 5:29 |
| Finish | 1:37:31 | 1:27:56 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Rob | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 | 1:37:31 | 1:37:29 | 0:02 · Rob faster |
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